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jpcjguy61

privacy screen options

11 years ago

Hi all,

New here and live outside Richmond, VA - growing zone 7A. I have/had a bunch of pine/spruce that were planted too close together (previous owner - been in house 1 year) and the bottom half is dying and thereby negating any screen. So I have 4 left to take down and plan on starting over. I want a year round screen and am looking at arborvitae. Will not do leyland because they are in the front of the property and have seridium canker and are starting to die. Green giant seems to be a popular one and I don't want to wait forever to get a screen back. Here is a picture of the backyard. I want to get a screen from the left fence corner to just beyond the playset - so quite a distance. Ideally something that is not super wide. (hence not the leyland again) Open to suggestions!

Backyard pic

Thanks!

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